Professor. Y. L. Xu is Chair Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment of the University at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also author of : "Structural Health Monitoring of Long-Span Suspension Bridges" also published by CRC Press.

Dr. J. He is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, focusing on smart civil structures through the synthesis of structural health monitoring, vibration control, energy harvesting and self-repairing.

Elements in Smart Civil Structures. Introduction. Smart Materials. Sensors and Sensor Networks. Actuators and Control Systems. Processors and Processing Systems. Integration for Smart Civil Structures. Multi-Scale Modelling of Smart Civil Structures. Modal Identification and Model Updating. Multi-Type Sensor Placement. Structural Control Theory. Optimal Actuator Placement. Collective Placement of Sensors and Actuators. Functions of Smart Civil Structures. Structural Damage Detection. Structural Active and Semi-ActiveControl. Synthesis of Structural Health Monitoring and Control in the Frequency Domain. Synthesis of Structural Health Monitoring and Control in the Time Domain. Synthesis of Structural Control and Energy Harvesting. Synthesis of Structural Health Monitoring, Control and Energy Harvesting. Synthesis of Structural Health Monitoring and Self-Repairing. Life Cycle Performance of Smart Civil Structures. Epilogue: Challenges and Prospects.

A smart structure integrates sensors, actuators, signal processors, communication networks, power sources, and possibly smart materials, to sense and react to its environment. This book runs from the fundamentals to the state-of-the-art topics such as energy harvesting, self-repairing, and life cycle performance. It covers structural health monitoring systems and structural vibration control systems, both of which contain similar hardware such as sensors, signal processors, networks, and power sources, and there are great benefits in considering them together. It suits civil engineering students, professionals, and researchers with its blend of principles and practice.